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Vol. 53
No. 4
AUG.-SEPT.
1959
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
JOHN R. HALPIN,
Vice-Presidents
JOHN J. NASH
CORNELIUS J. DALY
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
JuLY23RD: The President in the Chair. Also present
Messrs. Nash, Gaffney, Sheil, Collins, Green,
Gilmore, O'Reilly, Walker, Nolan, Lanigan, Taylor
Maher,
TyrreU, Kelly, O'Connell, O'Connor,
O'Donovan, Cox, Quirke, Daly.
The following was among the business transacted:
Examination Results
A report from the Court of Examiners on the
first and second Irish examinations was considered.
The results are printed at page 34.
Ambulance Chasing
The Council considered a report from a committee
on the desirability of a regulation prohibiting the
association of solicitors with ambulance-chasing
bodies. Consideration was adjourned.
Free Conveyances, Mortgages and Leases
The Council considered a report from a committee
on the subject of the desirability or otherwise of a
regulation similar to the regulation in force in
Northern Ireland prohibiting solicitors for vendors
from offering free or assisted conveyances, mortgages
or leases unless certain conditions are fulfilled.
Consideration was adjourned.
Advertisement for client
The Council on a report from a committee stated
on the facts submitted that there was no objection
to the publication by a member over his professional
name and address of a certain business matter in
which for good reasons the client did not wish his
name to appear provided that the form or appearance
of the publication did not constitute an advertise
ment for the solicitor.
Retaining Lien
A member enquired whether he was entitled to a
retaining lien in respect of documents of a client on
whose behalf he had acted as surety on a promissory
note on which liability still remains. The Council
on a report from a committee stated that the question
was one question of law on which the Society
cannot advise but they were of the opinion that
there is no retaining lien over documents in such a
case unless the promissory note was given to secure
costs due to the solicitor.